docs-local

Create a docs.local/ directory containing a single .gitignore whose entire content is one line: *. This blanket-ignores everything in the folder — the files you drop inside AND the .gitignore itself — so the whole folder stays local and never enters git history.

What it produces

Exactly one file, docs.local/.gitignore, whose entire content is a single line:

*

Nothing else. No second line, no !.gitignore exception, no comments. Just *.

* ignores every path in the folder, including the .gitignore file itself. The result: git status never shows anything under docs.local/, and the folder is invisible to git — purely local.